Assistant Professor to Full Professor (0084995T)

Title: Assistant Professor to Full Professor (H3-H5)

Position Number:T

Hiring Unit: UHM John A. Burns School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry

Location: Department of Psychiatry and other department affiliated sites

Date Posted: July 3 2025

Closing Date: Continuous First review on July 21 2025

Salary Information: Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Monthly Type: 11 Month

Tenure Track: Non Tenure

Full Time/Part Time: Part-Time up to 50% Full-Time Equivalent (FTE)

Temporary/Permanent: Temporary

Other Conditions:

Part-time (up to 50% FTE) non-tenure track annually renewable depending on performance and/or funding availability; eligible for increase in FTE contingent upon departmental need and availability of funds. To begin approximately August 2025 subject to position clearance and availability of funds. First review begins July 21 2025 with continuous recruitment until filled.

Assistant Professor Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Under general supervision faculty at this rank tutor in units perform tasks to develop learning resources or serve as clinical skills preceptors.
2. Serve as resource persons in their area of specialization and give lectures or conferences/colloquia upon request.
3. Contribute to student well-being through the Advisor Program.
4. Serve as a specialist physician for the Department of Psychiatry in a core university affiliated training hospital or healthcare system.
5. Responsible for the teaching and training of medical students and residents and for the assessment care and treatment of patients with psychiatric and substance use conditions.
6. Other scholarly activities.
7. Other duties as assigned.

1. In addition to the duties and responsibilities of the Assistant Professor rank involvement in the clinical courses and pre-clinical problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum for the MD program and/or involvement with resident or fellowship training.
2. Leadership in a core educational service and/or scholarly discovery program including but not limited to participation in accreditation activities and strategic planning.
3. Organizing and administering educational or training experiences for undergraduates graduate students medical students residents and/or fellows.
4. May serve if selected in director associate chair and/or chair roles within the department.
5. Faculty at this rank render service to the medical school university professional or lay communities as appropriate. Service activity at this rank includes but is not limited to participation in local or regional education/training committees or key university/hospital committees providing clinical administrative or educational leadership.
6. Mentor graduate students medical students residents or fellows.
7. To work effectively with healthcare organizations in building programs that support the clinical learning environment required for accredited educational programs.
8. Comply with all applicable regulations/laws (e.g. HIPAA FERPA research ethics etc.)
9. To perform related tasks as assigned.

Professor Duties and Responsibilities

1. In addition to the duties and responsibilities of the Associate Professor rank to assume a role of leadership at the local regional and national/international levels.
2. Other duties as assigned.

Assistant Professor Minimum Qualifications:

• MD degree or equivalent medical degree from a medical school of recognized standing.
• Training in Addiction Medicine
• Board certification (within 7 years) or qualified to become certified in Addiction Medicine (or the equivalent) is required.
• Eligible for Hawaii license (NBME or FLEX) with clinical experience and interest in addiction medicine and/or addiction psychiatry.
• Evidence of teaching of medical students residents in psychiatry and other specialties which includes evidence of facilitating student-centered learning; demonstration of a positive attitude to student growth; and preparedness and skill as preceptor of clinical skills community medicine or elective preceptor.
• Evidence of effective research scholarly activity or clinical administration in areas affecting human health patient care or methods and techniques of medical education.
• Ability to generate new knowledge in basic science research clinical care or medical education is of major importance in improving the quality and effectiveness of the primary teaching function of any medical school. Value is placed on timely publication of results in peer-reviewed journals that include at least co-authorship of publications together with sufficient independent or group research/scholarship activity to justify the reasonable expectation that the applicant will develop into an effective and productive scholar.
• Interest in educational program leadership.

Associate Professor Minimum Qualifications:

In addition to those of Assistant Professor Associate Professor minimum qualifications include:

• Four years in the rank of Assistant Professor or four years of other medical experience or a total of four years of teaching in the rank of Assistant Professor and other medical experience or one year at the rank of Associate Professor at another medical school of recognized standing
• Experience working in healthcare teams community psychiatry and systems of care.
• At least four (4) years of professional experience as a physician practitioner and two (2) years of experience in clinical and/or educational leadership roles.
• Evidence of skill in tutoring and delivery of lectures and conference/colloquia and expertise as a resource person is expected.
• Evidence of research/scholarship productivity is required (e.g. primary authorship or co-authorship on publications in major peer-reviewed journals regular contribution to the field of medical education). Where the applicants primary activity has been in group research/scholarship evidence of independent responsibility for substantial and recognizable sections of the groups work must be demonstrated. Where the applicants primary activity has been in clinical teaching regular presentations of scholarly abstracts at local regional and/or national meetings primary authorship of peer-reviewed medical case reports or primary/co- authorship in peer-reviewed journals in medical education clinical discipline or academic administration should be demonstrated. In addition participation in research studies involving clinical trials community- based research or clinical services and/or intervention should be documented.
• Clear recognition among peers at the local regional and/or national levels is expected.

Full Professor Minimum Qualifications:

In addition to those of Associate Professor Full Professor minimum qualifications include:

• Four years in the rank of Associate Professor or ten years of other medical experience or a total of ten years of teaching in the rank of Associate Professor and other medical experience or one year in the rank of Professor at another medical school of recognized standing;
• Proven ability as a teacher scholar investigator administrator and/or clinician.
• Documented participation in the scholarly and academic and/or clinical affairs of the medical school University professional organizations and/or hospitals.
• Demonstrated ability to plan organize and supervise academic activities and to undertake a variety of teaching committee administrative and/or clinical assignments.
• Proven capacity for leadership in the professional and scholarly community.
• Recognition as an outstanding academician scholar or clinician with a national and/or international reputation is expected.
• Evidence of research or scholarly activity which may be in medical education or clinical service is required.
• Regular publication in peer-reviewed journals significant to the applicants field is expected with primary or co-authorships.
• Evidence of successful competitive funding at the national level or extramural funding of clinical trials clinical services or educational training grants and/or contracts is expected.
• Demonstration of their status as a nationally-respected contributors to their field of research or clinical specialty.
• Ability to lead a research/scholarship group provide research/scholarship training for junior faculty and/or graduate students and/or provide leadership in research studies involving clinical trials community-based research or clinical services and intervention.

Desirable Qualifications:

• Board certified in Addiction Medicine
• Interest in hospital and community work.
• Experience working with patients with complex medical and psychosocial needs; and cross-cultural health care.
• Experience working in healthcare teams community psychiatry and systems of care.
• Scientific publications.

To Apply:

Click on the Apply button on the top right corner of the screen to complete an application and attach the required documents:

• Cover letter indicating how you satisfy the minimum and desirable qualifications

• CV

• Names and contact information of five (5) professional references

• Copy of U.S. Board Certification AND current U.S. medical license or Official transcripts from medical school plus certificates of completion from residency training and current U.S. medical license. Copies of transcripts are accepted when used instead of current U.S. board certification or current U.S. medical license. However if used for verification original transcripts are required upon hire.

The application will be considered incomplete if materials are unreadable. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.

JABSOM Department of Psychiatry

1356 Lusitania Street 4th Floor

Department of Psychiatry

Honolulu HI 96813

Inquiries: Anthony Guerrero M.D.; ;

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